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ZCHS sisters create COVID-19 children’s book / P5

Boone County to seek reimbursements for COVID-19 expenditures / P6

BCHD reports decrease in county’s COVID-19 percent positivity rate / P15

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State announces new way to track COVID-19 spread at county level

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provide food security,” according to state guidance.

“These specific metrics are part of (the) State officials have announced a new metrics from the CDC and HHS, and that’s way of tracking each Indiana county’s why we’ve chosen these,” Indiana State COVID-19 spread.

Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box said.

PANDEMIC Beginning Sept.

“And this is a way for counties 2, Hoosiers will be to start to see where they are in able to view an online dashboard at comparison to other counties, to coronavirus.in.gov that will show see why they may be having the each county’s level of COVID-19 number of cases that they’re having spread. and to have a concept or an idea of The Indiana State Dept. of Health what they might be able to do to will track a county’s number of affect change there.”

Box cases in the past week per 100,000 Mask mandate, residents, percent positivity rate and the Stage 4.5 extended change in percent positivity from the previIndiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced ous week. Each metric will be tracked with Aug. 26 the state will remain in Stage 4.5 of a score ranging from 0 to 3. An average of its Back on Track reopening plan and that the three metric scores will result in a color the state’s mask mandate will remain in assigned to a county to show its level of effect for another 30 days. The executive orCOVID-19 spread, with blue being the lowest der will continue through at least Sept. 25. level of spread, and yellow, orange and The announcement did not include changes red, respectively, representing increasingly in capacity restrictions for restaurants, bars higher levels. or entertainment venues.

State officials said the goal is to provide The state’s positivity rate has plateaued a system that local and school officials can in recent weeks, after a sharp uptick followuse to understand the level of community ing the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Indispread and how it is changing on the counana’s positivity rate, reported at 4.4 percent ty level so that they can make appropriate June 16, rose to 7.6 percent by July 27, when decisions. Schools have asked for guidance the statewide mask mandate was enacted. based on the metrics.

As of Aug. 19, Indiana Dept. of Health offiFor blue counties, state officials recomcials report the state’s positivity rate at 6.6 mend schools operate all grades in person percent. but limit activities where social distancing In early May, state officials said they is not possible. Extra-curricular activities would track four metrics to decide whether are to follow local and state guidelines. to continue reopen the state. The metrics Yellow counties are recommended to are hospitalization rates, ventilator and ICU allow schools to continue all grades in bed capacity and adequate contact tracing person but increase vigilance in distancing, and testing. hand-washing and wearing face coverings.

To date, officials have contacted 76 perAssemblies or activities are not to be held if cent of all close contacts of COVID-19 posisocial distancing is not possible. Extra-curtive cases, resulting in more than 350,000 ricular activities are to be canceled or postcalls and more than 436,000 text messages. poned as warranted.

Box said the national average for such efOrange counties are strongly recomforts is 50 percent. ICU bed and ventilator mended to move secondary schools to a availability remain steady, according to ISDH hybrid-learning model, but grade schools data. would be allowed to continue in person.

State officials, however, said the total State officials strongly recommend exnumber of COVID-19 hospitalizations remains tra-curricular activities be limited. high. As of Aug. 24, 987 Hoosiers were School districts in red counties are asked hospitalized, up from 595 June 26 but less to “make every effort to keep one school than the 1,579 reported May 4. Daily hospibuilding open, even during high community talization rates also hover at or near May spread, to assist students with remote averages. learning and ensure a safe environment and “We are more open than a lot of states,”

COVID-19 DASHBOARD METRICS Each metric will be assigned a score of 0 to 3. The average of the three scores will be the county’s total score for the week.

Each county’s scores will be averaged. It will then be colored to indicate the level of COVID-19 spread.

Colors • Blue: 0 – 0.9 • Yellow: 1 – 1.9 • Orange: 2 – 2.5 • Red: Greater than 2.5 New cases per 100,000 residents • less than 10 new cases = 0 • 10-99 new cases = 1 • 100-199 new cases = 2 • 200 or more new cases = 3 Percent positivity • less than 5 percent = 0 • 5 percent - 9.9 percent = 1 • 10 percent – 14.9 percent = 2 • 15 percent or greater = 3 Change in percent positivity • decrease of 0.5 percent or greater = 0 • decrease of 0.5 percent to 0 = 1 • increase of 0.1 percent to 0.4 percent =2 • increase of 0.5 percent or more = 3 Box said. “When you look around, we’ve got kids back in school now for several weeks.

We’ve got businesses back functioning.

We’ve got universities that are back. And it’s not that we haven’t had more cases. But certainly, when you look at (it), our percent positivity has continued to tick down rather than up. And if you look at specific counties that are having issues, many of them are the first to admit the mask mandate is just not being used there.”

Elections Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson estimates that between 1.3 and 1.8 million Indiana residents will vote absentee-by-mail in the Nov. 3 general election.

As of Aug. 24, 99,146 requests for absentee ballots had been submitted, nearly double the 53,818 that were submitted for all of 2016, according to Lawson.

To submit an absentee-by-mail ballot, voters must request a ballot and qualify in one of 11 categories to have requests granted. Lawson encourages voters to file their votes as soon as possible.

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Zionsville began the first stage of the Gateway Development Project in July with the demolition of the MAIN STREET former PNC bank building and locksmith shop at the northwest corner of Main Street and Sycamore Street.

Now, Zionsville Mayor Emily Styron wants to engage the community to help reinvent the gateway.

The Gateway Development Project will produce a use concept representing a consensus of the “highest and best use” for the real estate within the area, town officials stated. The use envisions increasing economic investment in the area and community development amenities that serve residents and businesses.

“This is flipping the script,” Styron stated. “This is about reversing the process where interested developers approach the Town with their ideas, and instead the community will develop the concept and the Town will present this to the development community. As we get started, I expect we will have many different opinions proposed, but we will give everyone a voice that participates and work to find common ground.”

In early fall, strategic planning and consulting firm Thomas P. Miller & Associates will facilitate the town’s process and begin engaging the community. Concurrent with the efforts of the firm, DELV Design Studio will produce master planning and design options and package them into designs for use in future request for proposals, according to a press release.

Discussions will include a project launch meeting, stakeholder interviews, focus group meetings and at least two community meetings. At the end of the process, a draft and final development scenario plan will be prepared for use in any future RFPs. Interested parties and potential investors will be able to use the Development Scenario Plan as a guidepost in understanding the community’s goals and objectives regarding the Zionsville Gateway.

More information, including the schedule of meetings when available, will be posted at zionsville-in.gov/gatewayproject.

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Sisters create children’s book

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, siblings Cookie and Kissie Kaur, both students at Zionsville PANDEMIC Community High School, were confronted with the challenge of explaining the sudden changes to their 4-year-old brother, Soch Kaur, who they call Bab. “Our brother Bab is very talkative and curious,“ said Cookie, a 16-year-old sophomore. “So when quarantine began, he would ask a lot of questions, like, ‘Why can’t I go visit Jazzy (his cousin)?’ or, ‘Why do we need masks?’”

Explaining a pandemic to their younger brother, who was 3 years old in March, was difficult, and with Bab, it often led to more questions than answers. But in time, the sisters felt they had found a solution, a way of contextualizing a complex, global medical emergency in a way a child could understand. By combining Cookie’s writing with Kissie’s illustrations, they created a 36-page children’s picture book called “COVID-19: Viruses and how to stay safe.”

“He loves picture books, so my sister and I decided to create a book for him,” Cookie said. “Collaborating on this was a significant learning experience for the both of us. What started as a small project for our

brother ended up being a real, published book, and we couldn’t be more excited about it.”

The children’s picture book explains what a virus is, how the body’s immune system works and how COVID-19 has affected the world, including ways people try to protect themselves. When the pandemic started, more people began wearing masks and practicing social distancing and emphasizing the importance of hand-washing — concepts that confused Bab. “We wanted to put a lot of pictures in there because, mostly, children are visual learners,” said Kissie, a 14-year-old freshman. “And we personified each of the viruses and gave each of the children in the book a personality, too.”

“Something that could otherwise be a scary or difficult topic became something he enjoys having us read to him,” Cookie said. “We hope this book helps anyone else who isn’t sure how to answer their questioning little ones.”

Now, the sisters read Bab the story at night, and it has quickly become his favorite book. The family enjoys spending time at the Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library, and they hope to send copies of the book to libraries across the state.

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Boone County to seek reimbursement for COVID-19 expenditures

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com The Boone County Commissioners unanimously passed an ordinance Aug. 24 that allows the county to seek reimbursement for COVID-19 expenditures, PANDEMIC which a commissioner said could total approximately $1 million.

The ordinance establishes procedures to seek reimbursements for COVID-19 expenditures through state and federal grants and other forms of financial assistance, including the CARES Act.

“Some of them have more immediate reimbursement and others are going to be more long-term,” commissioner Tom Santelli said.

Santelli said county preliminary estimates for COVID-19 reimbursements total approximately $1 million. The reimbursements will be for items such as personal protective equipment, infrastructure, coroner expenditures, supplies and other atypical expenditures incurred by the county Santelli due to the pandemic.

As outlined by the ordinance, the county auditor will

establish a designated fund for each source of reimbursement, in accordance with directives from the Indiana State Board of Accounts. Each disbursement from a county department or office will be allocated to the applicable fund.

Reimbursements will not result in the county or any county agency financially profiting from the pandemic, the commissioners said.

“These are strictly reimbursements for expenditures directly related to COVID,” Santelli said. “There are lots of rumors that people get reimbursed so much for each COVID case, and that is not at all accurate. This is just for expenditures. In no shape or form does any form of government benefit from this.”

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Differences between absentee and in-person voting

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Hamilton County Clerk Kathy Williams said the county already has more than 16,000 absentee ballot ELECTIONS applications as of Aug. 25.

Last year, the county had 11,000 total applications. Voters have until Oct. 22 to register for absentee voting.

Absentee voting: To vote absentee is to mail-in or drop off

your ballot to the Hamilton County Clerk’s Office. Williams encourages voters to apply prior to the deadline.

“If you wait until Oct. 22, it’s hard for (the U.S. Post Office) to guarantee mail both ways and be back here by Nov. 3,” Williams said.

Voters can apply now for absentee voting. Ballots will be mailed beginning Sept.

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However, not everyone is eligible to vote absentee.

“There are 11 reasons, and you have to fall into one of those categories to vote absentee,” Williams said. “In the primary, the governor ordered us to ignore those choices (and allow anyone to vote absentee), but now we are back to regular Indiana statute.”

For a full list of categories or to apply for absentee voting, visit in.gov/sos/elections/2402.htm.

In order to prevent fraud, Hamilton County’s system will not accept more than one application from the same person.

In-person voting: Williams said many people prefer to vote in person because as soon as their vote is tallied on Election Day, it counts.

The county will offer early voting at the judicial center and the county fairgrounds beginning 29 days prior to Nov. 3. Eight satellite locations will open for early voting two weeks prior to Nov. 3.

There are 124 precincts in Hamilton County, and voters are expected to vote in their regular precinct on Nov. 3.

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School policies differ on face shields

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com Face coverings have literally become the must-have fall accessory as students return to in-person classes, but schools differ on which types to allow.

PANDEMIC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises against face shields in classrooms, but state and some county health officials allow them. As a result, policies regarding face coverings vary between districts.

In Zionsville and Westfield, if a student chooses to wear a face shield a face mask must also be worn. In Noblesville, face shield may be worn in certain situations as long as social distancing is possible. In Carmel, students and teachers may choose between face masks and face shields.

Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, said face shields can be “a good alternative for schools.” He said the CDC is primarily concerned with source control, or preventing spread from an infected person, which is why they advise against them. “(The CDC) isn’t worrying about the benefit to the wearer,” Adalja said. “They’re basing it on an idea of not looking at the face covering wholistically but looking at one aspect of it.”

Adalja said there are many benefits to face shields. He said they are much more likely to be worn correctly than face masks, which can slip below the nose and are removed more often. Face shields also provide eye protection that masks cannot.

“Outside of a health care setting, a face shield is equivalent to

how people effectively wear masks,” Adalja said.

Dr. Rocky Singh, chief medical officer of IU Health’s Indianapolis Suburban Region, said face masks are preferred in schools because many people with COVID-19 are asymptomatic.

“The best option is to cover the source of infection, and the source of infection doesn’t come from the eyes, it only comes out from the nose with sneezing or the mouth with coughing,” Singh said. “As long as those are covered, the CDC feels there is adequate protection in the general population.”

Christian Walker, Hamilton County Health Dept.’s emergency preparedness coordinator, acknowledged that face shields are “not as effective” as cloth masks in preventing the spread of COVID-19, but he said they are permitted because they are the best option in some classroom situations, such as with young students learning to read.

“We need to be able to make some reasonable accommodations for people,” Walker said. “That’s where social distancing also helps.”

Carmel Clay Schools Supt. Michael Beresford said face coverings, social distancing, hand-washing and staying home when sick, when used together, are the most effective ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in a school setting.

“I’ve not found anybody in the medical community that disagrees,” he said.

Beresford said CCS will continue to work with state and local health professionals and adapt as needed.

“We have to follow the guidance of the medical community, because that’s their job, they are in charge of public health,” Beresford said. “When they change, we’ll adjust.”

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French classes available — French classes are back this school year at Zionsville Community Schools. The middle school classes will be before school two days a week and the elementary school classes are after school three days a week. You can register on the Eagle Rec link at ZCS’s website. For more, contact Cathy Dwyer at 317-513-0678 or visit zionsvillefrench.org.

Diversity in books — Zionsville Diversity Coalition is partnering with Zionsville Community Schools for a book drive to get more books with diverse characters and storylines in classrooms. Anyone can purchase books on the school system’s Amazon Wish List, amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2YZARP00V2AZF.

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Live the Weller Life From left, Deidra Rausch, Kassie Frazier and Dianna Huddleston form a panel for a joint Westfield and Zionsville Chamber of Commerce luncheon. (Photo by Mark Ambrogi)

Westfield, Zionsville panel offers mental health tips

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The coronavirus pandemic has raised concern about depression and substance abuse.

EVENT A panel comprised of Dianna Huddleston of Aspire Indiana Health, Kassie Frazier of Sylvia’s Child Advocacy Center, and Deidra Rausch of The Cabin Counseling Center, shared advice on recognizing warning signs during questioning at a joint Westfield and Zionsville Chamber of Commerce luncheon Aug. 20 at Finley Creek Farms in Zionsville.

“If you feel things aren’t going well for you, if you are having a difficult time sleeping or eating, or overeating, or you are not interested in things you used to be interested in, it’s time for a mental health checkup,” said Huddleston, director of comprehensive services for Hamilton and Boone counties. “It’s just like you would go to the doctor if your leg hurt; you should come to see a mental health professional when you are not feeling right.”

Huddleston said people who have extreme issues with addictions, one could notice major changes in their behavior. She said they might show an overinterest in one thing and a lack of interest in something else that they used to be interested in.

“They might have more anger or depression,” she said. “It’s important we always think about taking care of our brains and mental health just like we take care of our bodies.”

Frazier said to look for changes in teenagers’ attitudes.

“That’s hard because teenagers have attitudes, anyway,” Frazier said. “I’m especially concerned with the time they spend on computers, isolated from peers and from other adults. A lot of us are in situations where we have high schoolers who are staying home alone to do their eLearning.

It’s extremely important to do the check-ins with them nightly and even throughout the day. I’m a big tester with my daughter to see if she needs anything.”

Frazier said she encourages an open line of communication with every family.

Rausch said she has been working with couples who are overly stressed with working from home and teaching from home without an education degree.

“There are three ingredients: unpredictable, uncontrollable and no end in sight.

I think when that is how you are feeling mentally, not just with COVID, all those three ingredients can make you feel stress and anxiety is off the rails,” Rausch said. “I think that’s why some people are baking a lot. You know the ingredients. You know how it’s going to turn out for the most part, and you know how much time you have to bake it. We don’t do well as a species when things are unpredictable, uncontrollable and no end in sight.”

Huddleston said it’s important to evaluate mental health conditions for ourselves and loved ones.

“It’s important to reach out and do one more Zoom or Google call to friends and family, make a phone call,” she said. “And we do that for each other. We know our seniors are really struggling. They were a population of people that were already isolated, and this compounded that. We have to keep them isolated to keep them safe, so it’s really important we do those extra check-ins and phone calls and giving people assistance and connecting them to services. Aspire was able to pivot to VIP, Video in Person. We were able to do that because of the technology we already had, so we’ve been able to reach out and connect with seniors who would have never come into our office because they had so much anxiety and depression. They are now able to connect virtually and start services.”

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Contractors working on the Sycamore Street bridge have extended the open to traffic date to Sept. 17, weather dependent. The project is a Boone County Highway Dept. project and involves the reconstruction of the road bridge deck and bridge railing systems. It also will add new decorative lighting. (Submitted photo)

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Project: Hamilton Boone Project: Widening of 146th County Road and Little EaLocation: Near Boone gle Creek reconstruction County border CONSTRUCTION Location: Little Creek AvExpected completion: By enue south of 146th Street end of 2020 will be closed for approximately 120 Project: New roundabout days. The closure began Aug. 10. Hamilton Location: 116th Street and Guilford Road.

Boone County Road between 146th Street East and westbound traffic flow will be and 156th Street is expected to be closed maintained, but north and southbound for a period not to exceed 30 days beginconnectivity will be limited. ning on or after Aug. 17. Local traffic will Expected completion: Mid-November continue to have access to their homes, Project: New roundabout while thru traffic is asked to seek an alLocation: 116th Street and College Avenue. ternate route.

East and westbound traffic flow will be Expected completion: End of December maintained, but north and southbound connectivity will be limited.

WESTFIELD Expected completion: Mid-November Project: 2020 road resurfacing Project: New roundabout Location: The 2020 road resurfacing projLocation: Illinois Street and Zotec Drive ects include 169th Street from Oak Ridge Start date: On or after Aug. 31 Road to Union Street, Casey Road from Expected completion: Nov. 1 Ditch Road to 186th Street, the Crestview Project: Reconstruction of Range Line subdivision, Redhill Road and Burgess Hill Road, including a new roundabout at Pass in the Maple Knoll subdivision and Walnut Street and pedestrian and bicycle the Woodshire subdivision. connectivity Expected completion: Resurfacing comLocation: Between Elm Street and City pletion dates will be announced the Travel Center Drive Westfield newsletter.

Start date: After Sept. 7 Project: Jersey Street Expected completion: January 2021 Location: From Union Street to Mill Street FISHERS Expected completion: Jersey Street will Project: Ind. 37 Improvement Project be closed for the remainder of the Grand Location: 126th Street closure switched Junction Plaza construction. to the east side and is anticipated to reProject: Westfield Boulevard connector open in November. During this time, cross Location: The extension will connect access will be restricted, with only right the roundabout at Ind. 32 and Shamrock in and right out. Northbound Ind. 37 trafBoulevard with David Brown Drive. Confic will not have access to 126th Street. struction has moved to the south side of Traffic on northbound Ind. 37 will shift Park Street. to southbound lanes and two lanes will Expected completion: End of 2020 Project: Grand Junction Plaza remain in each direction. Local access to businesses will remain open.

Location: The parking lot west of Union Expected completion: 2022 Street and south of Main Street Expected completion: The gravel parking Detour: Drivers will be directed to use 141st Street to Allisonville Road or 131st lot on the east end of Park Street is perStreet to Cumberland Road. manently closed as the Grand Junction Plaza is moving into the construction NOBLESVILLE AND NORTH phase. Parking is available on the west Project: Road rehabilitation end of Park Street.

Location: A 3-mile stretch of 236th Street Project: Spring Mill Road resurfacing and will be closed for two separate phases for widening road rehabilitation. The first phase is from Location: Near the new Meijer project at west of Devaney Road to east of Tollgate Spring Mill Road and Ind. 32. Drivers can Road. This phase is scheduled to be closed expect temporary lane restrictions. through Dec. 1. The second phase is from Project: Natalie Wheeler Trail west of Deming Road to west of Devaney Location: On Union Street between Mill Road. and Jersey streets.

Expected completion: The first phase is Expected completion: Closed during expected to be closed through Dec. 1, and construction of the Grand Junction Plaza, the second phase is expected to begin in estimated completion in 2021. spring 2021.

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COMMUNITY Foundation accepting scholarship applications news@currentinzionsville.com The Community Foundation of Boone County is now accepting online applications for the 2021 Lilly Endowment SCHOOL Community Scholarship Program.

The scholarship is open to Indiana residents who graduate from an accredited Indiana high school by 2021 and receive their diploma no later than June 30. Details related to conditions of the award, eligibility and selection criteria are available on the Community Foundation’s website at communityfoundationbc.org.

The deadline to apply is 2 p.m. Sept. 8.

The program provides scholarships for otherwise unreimbursed full tuition, required fees and a special allocation of up to $900 per year for required books and required equipment for four years of undergraduate study on a full-time basis leading to a baccalaureate degree at any Indiana public or private nonprofit college or university accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The Community Foundation will nominate two students to receive the scholarship.

The 2021 Boone County Lilly Endowment Community Scholars will be named in mid-December of this year. To be eligible, students must be a Boone County resident graduating from a regionally accredited high school by the end of June 2021, be in the upper 20 percent of his or her high school’s graduating class after six semesters and planning to pursue a full-time baccalaureate course of study beginning in the fall of 2021 at an accredited private or public college or university in Indiana.

Applications for all other donor-established scholarships administered through the Community Foundation of Boone County will be available in December and due February 2021.

The Lilly Endowment Inc. is an Indianapolis-based, private philanthropic foundation, created in 1937 by members of the Lilly Family. In keeping with the wishes of the founding members, the Lilly Endowment supports the causes of education, religion and community development.

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SPOTLIGHT FRIENDS OF HAMILTON COUNTY PARKS The On Par for Parks golf tournament is scheduled for Sept. 21 at Crooked Stick Golf Club, 1964 Burning Tree Lane, Carmel. The fee is $2,500 for a fourperson scramble, and it includes practice time, lunch, snacks and beverages along the course, 19th hole party and a silent auction. For more information, visit friendsofhamiltoncountyparks.org.

GOOD SAMARITAN NETWORK If you would like to volunteer for the holidays, please go to gsnlive.org to view opportunities or to register. The Holiday Assistance Program will undergo assessment and development because of the pandemic. During the coming weeks and months, the program may look different this year as a result of COVID-19. Participants voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19 and agree to not hold Good Samaritan Network or the venue liable should they become ill. Expect long lines, possible changes and new participation guidelines. These and other changes may be announced at any time.

BOONE COUNTY CANCER SOCIETY The You’re Not Alone Program is for Boone County cancer patients starting treatment at the Cancer Center. Care packages are given to first-time cancer patients seeking treatment. Bags also may be picked up at the BCCS office. To donate to the program, you may send or bring a check to the BCCS office with You’re Not Alone in the memo or visit

www.boonecountycancersociety.org/ donate. For more information, call board member Diane Beltran at 317.518.3906.

THE SHEPHERD’S CENTER OF HAMILTON COUNTY Seniors need to know that SCHC is ready to help them during isolation.

Any senior in Hamilton County is eligible for assistance. Consider sharing SCHC’s Facebook page with seniors you know and please have them 317.674.8777, ext. 5, for assistance. You also may make a donation at shepherdscenterofhamiltoncounty.org or mail a tax-deductible gift to SCHC, 347 S. 8th St., Suite B, Noblesville 46060.

For more information, email lauren@ shepherdscenterofhamitloncounty.org.

SAHM’S MARKETPLACE HEALTH CARE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM Sahm’s Catering has a menu for individual meals to help feed the brave men and women who are doing lifesaving and critical work during the pandemic. These meals can be delivered ready-to-eat hot, cold, or ready to microwave when they are ready to eat. If you would like to provide a meal for a health care provider, learn more at feed-to-flatten.square.site.

MEALS ON WHEELS Volunteers are needed to deliver a route a day each week. Call 317.776.7159 for details or visit mealsonwheelshc.org.

SECOND HELPINGS The organization urges sign-ups for its emergency volunteer wait list at www.

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866.459.5360 A X I A T P. C O M secondhelpings.org/volunteer/emergencyvolunteer-waitlist. Volunteers assist in the kitchen with making sandwiches and meals to serve the community due to increased demand.

PHONE-A-FRIEND This is a network of college students designed to create community with the elderly and immuno-compromised.

Volunteers and seniors can sign up on at phoneafriendindy.com. Seniors write phoneafriendindy@gmail.com or call 317.847.8411.

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BOONE COUNTY The foundation is accepting applications for the 2021 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program. The scholarship is open to Indiana residents who graduate from an accredited Indiana high school by 2021 and receive their diploma no later than June 30. Details related to conditions of the award, eligibility and selection criteria are available at communityfoundationbc.org/ scholarships/lilly-endowment-communityscholarships/. The application deadline Sept. 8 at 2 p.m.

PREVAIL Volunteers are needed for this Noblesvillebased nonprofit that advocates for victims of crime and abuse. Two of the open positions are weekly support group co-facilitator and for weekly support group assistant. Interested parties may gain more information from Beth Dunlop at 317.773.6942 or bdunlop@prevailinc.org.

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A Zionsville company’s hope to track ‘pure’ COVID testing data

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, hc1, a Zionsville-based software firm, created a dashboard that company officials say can track COVID-19 data at the county and subcounty level.

The dashboard tracks what hc1 officials call “real-time data” by collecting data directly from testing sites that the company had integrated with prior to the start of the pandemic.

Brad Bostic, 45, the chairman and CEO of hc1, said the company was founded in 2011 with the intent to improve lives by providing faster ways to diagnose patients and Bostic treat them more efficiently.

He said the company does so by analyzing mass volumes of health care data and emphasizing direct laboratory results. The company then interprets the data, creating personalized health care insights.

“We are able to ensure that the right patient is getting the right test so that they are diagnosed effectively and also (getting) the optimal prescription all the way down to making sure they are on the right medication for their genetic mutations,” Bostic said.

The company uses approximately 22,000 testing locations in the United States. It analyzes almost 500 million test results a month from 160 million unique individuals, roughly half of the U.S. population, Bostic said.

Shortly after the start of the pandemic, hc1 launched a dashboard to track the spread of COVID-19.

Bostic said the pandemic put hc1 in a unique position to identify risks within specific communities based on lab results.

“When you think about the biggest measurement that’s most impactful in the pandemic, it’s how many people are testing positive in a given area,” Bostic said. “Is that positivity higher or lower than it was yesterday or last week? So, are we accelerating or decelerating with the spread of the virus in a given community? And then, now, what level of antibody presence exists in any of these communities across the country?”

A few weeks after the World Health Organization declared the pandemic, hc1 mobilized the CV19 Lab Testing Dashboard Coalition and launched cv19dashboard.org to measure the prevalence of the virus. The data is not based on aggregated data as seen in many other COVID-19 dashboards, which Bostic said is prone to delays and errors. Instead, the data is fed directly from testing sites, often arriving within 72 hours of test completion. The dashboard only reports PCR tests, which, until recently, were the only tests approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“This is literally completely accurate information that is coming directly from the lab-testing instruments, so we have the purest, most high-fidelity, accurate source at the fastest possible speed to inform what’s happening with the virus at a hyper-local level,” Bostic said.

Although it doesn’t have the volume of testing results that health departments

collect and share (the Boone County Health Dept. regularly reports findings of more 600 tests a week; hc1 reported results from 158 county residents last week), Bostic said the findings the company shares on its dashboard remain valuable.

For example, the dashboard, in addition to tracking viral results, also tracks antibody results. And because of the quick turnaround time, the dashboard shows trends in ways that could affect public policy and school district decisions as they try to hold in-person classes. From Aug. 17 to Aug. 24, the dashboard showed a sharp increase in positive viral tests in people age 10 to 19, the age group that has the highest viral percent positivity rate. Conversely, children age 0 to 10’s percent positivity rate has decreased, dropping from 6.6 to 4.9 percent while the same age group’s antibody percent positivity rate increased from 20.2 to 33.3 percent.

The company plans to include flu data on the dashboard in the fall.

Boone County Health Dept. Public Health Educator Claire Haughton said hc1’s data, while “limited,” provided insights that aren’t available through the state’s online dashboard because its data is several days, if not weeks, in arrears or prone to reporting incomplete data compared to county health departments. For example, as of press time, the state’s online dashboard reports 46 COVID-19 deaths in Boone County. The BCHD reports 51 deaths, with the most recent reported on July 31, according to Haughton, who said it is unclear whether the discrep-

ancy is caused by incomplete or delayed data reporting.

The company also offers Workforce Advisor, an automated service that measures a micro-community’s risk, such as a business, university or hospitality company. Those using the service can track the relative risk of its community by monitoring their contacts and whether individuals need to be tested. It also can send prompts to their smartphone if they need to be tested.

Ultimately, Bostic said the goals of hc1 is to save lives by providing data to those who need it faster than they currently can get it.

“Just like with 9/11, we added huge levels of security that have kept people safe,” Bostic said. “Now, moving forward, we have to add that level of health security within these major populations to keep people safe, or we’re kidding ourselves because we’re going to end up with this happening again, and we’ll be similarly disadvantaged.”

The company offers the dashboard to the public, but registrations is required for access. To register, visit cv19dashboard.org.

PARTNERING WITH ELI LILLY In April and May, Eli Lilly and Co. offered a drive-thru testing facility to front-line health care workers and symptomatic Hoosiers in high-risk groups such as those with preexisting health conditions and the elderly. To track findings and key insights, hc1, a Zionsville-based software company, in a partnership with Eli Lilly, created the Lilly COVID-19 Drive-Through Testing Dashboard.

More than 14,000 results were analyzed, configuring data breakdowns by age, gender, occupation and more. It also tracked the symptoms people reported before being tested. Brad Bostic, chairman and CEO of hc1, called the dashboard “the first of its kind” because of its ability to track previously unanalyzed data points.

For example, it found nurses and other health care workers were more than twice as likely as physicians to be infected with COVID-19 at the time. Bostic said the findings could allude to a need for more personal protective equipment for specific health care staff.

The dashboard is available online to the public at lilly.cv19dashboard.org.

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Terrible tomorrows

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Commentary by Terry Anker Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t, or so goes the proverb.

But what if we really, really don’t like the devil we know? Sending the subspecialty vegetable market into a tailspin, then-President George Herbert Walker Bush proclaimed offhandedly that broccoli was off the menu for his White House and its many affiliated functions.

It was that the stalky member of the cabbage family had long been in disfavor; and now that Bush had become master of the realm, it would be summarily banished.

Aside from wondering why one couldn’t simply eat around the offending plant matter, an inquiring mind would naturally consider what replaced it.

If there was no edict on substitution, could the eventual choice have been even worse? Or in the entire universe of emerald-colored side dishes, were all others preferred?

In the days when parents routinely made, at home, one family meal and we all ate it, substitutions were not generally looked upon with favor. “Your Mother took the time to make those carrots, now eat them.” It is unclear how the social contract required reciprocation but we did not question. Likewise, “Clean your plate because other children are starving” makes sense only if a 7-year-old is philosophical. Regardless, kids have declared, “I’d rather eat anything than that.”

Is it possible that we really meant it?

When faced with a discomfort, how do we moderate the inconvenience against a world of unknowns? Can we hope to predict the future, or are we justified in relying on the notion that a terrible, even worse, tomorrow must be better than what we believe to be terrible today?

Terry Anker is an associate editor of Current Publishing, LLC. You may email him at terry@ youarecurrent.com.

Yes, there are good people Commentary by Danielle Wilson Things are looking up for the Wilson clan! My youngest has fully recovered from COVID-19 (without infecting any HUMOR of us, praise be), our collegians have safely returned to their respective campuses (at least for now), Doo’s midlife crisis seems to be abating (i.e., he has not purchased a Belizean catamaran) and my classroom banishment order is nearing an end. Most important, I’m feeling hopeful about life and the rest of 2020.

And I think the main reason for my newfound positivity, despite still dealing with some difficult stuff like my father’s terminal cancer, is realizing that most people, when it counts, are good. Here are a few individuals who helped change my attitude.

• The random health department worker who conducted the 45-minute COVID-19 interview used to collect data on Indiana’s outbreak. Toward the end of our call, she asked, “But how are you doing? Do you need anything? Food?

Transportation? Medicine?” Cue tears.

• A hardened Vietnam vet who dropped

off food as part of a meal train my sister organized. He brought homemade spaghetti, fresh bread, salad and dessert, but also shrimp cocktail, wine, vodka, coffee, flowers, candles and linen napkins. He wanted my parents to enjoy the perfect romantic dinner!

How thoughtful was that?

• And finally, the amazing faculty and staff at my school. I’ve had everyone from my hallway neighbors to the superintendent email or text to check on my daughter, offer to run errands or simply to give words of support.

They made me feel loved, even though they have much bigger things to worry about. Gulp.

So have faith, friends! There are good people in this world.

Peace out.

Danielle Wilson is a contributing columnist. You may email her at info@youarecurrent.com.

Editor, For those of you unaware, I’m the Libertarian candidate for Indiana’s 5th Congressional District. Part of my campaign is general curiosity of how this whole election process works. It’s all about money on all ends. Except for mine.

I’ve been largely ignored by most organizations and individuals of whom I have actively courted their endorsement. I never received an opportunity for a the Win the Era endorsement, and anyone associated with that organization has ignored my repeated attempts to answer why I was left out.

After the Indiana State Teachers Association cited my lack of financial wealth as the main rationale for them not endorsing my candidacy, I just thought everyone should know the hypocrisy of endorsements. If anyone in this state can be the voice of public education, it’s a teacher, like me.

I’ve recruited new members to the ISTA. I’ve been a member of the ISTA’s Representative Assemblies, and on and on. How do they repay my loyalty? By telling me you don’t have enough money. No doubt, I’m a teacher. Ridiculous.

That being said, my individual fight for public education continues. Shame on you, ISTA. No wonder we are where we are as a profession.

Ken Tucker For the full letter, visit youarecurrent.com.

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And that’s a wrap Commentary by Dick Wolfsie

no do-overs.

Fowl behavior Barney, my beagle buddy, accompanied For about the zillionth time, Barney scurme on 2,700 remote shoots for WISH-TV from ried out a door during a live TV segment. He 1991 until 2003. I have no video evidence was on the loose in Greenwood. I called the of these adventures, but who police and asked them to keep an eye out HUMOR could forget them? for the little miscreant. Forty minutes later, Dirty dog a cruiser (with lights and siren on) arrived In his first few segments on TV, Barney’s at my remote location. There, sitting next chewing, howling and digging amused my to the officer, was Barney ,,, in two sets of audience but not my wife. handcuffs. According to the officer, Barney “Does he have to be got into a Kroger and There, sitting next to the was caught with a bad at home, too?” she asked me. chicken in his officer, was Barney ,,, in barbeque A local vet specialmouth. He got arrested! two sets of handcuffs. For stealing a chicken. izing in bad behaviors offered to take Barney They kill ants, don’t According to the officer, for a day or so, to try to they? curb these destructive Barney would eat Barney got into a Kroger habits. I agreed to this It’s a beagle and was caught with a anything. if Dr. Sampson would trait. One night, I heard do a follow-up session barbeque chicken in his rustling in the kitchen on my show from my and discovered Barney mouth. He got arrested! chomping on an ant front porch. While the good doctor explained For stealing a chicken. trap. Barney extricated Barney’s training, the two traps from under naughty hound dug up an entire rose bush the fridge and was enjoying their sweet flain our landscape bed, splattering the vet vor, the poison dripping out of his mouth. I with mud. This episode is on YouTube. rushed him to the animal emergency hospiSearch and rescue tal. The veterinarian led us inside.

If anyone suggested an idea for a seg“He ate ant traps,” I stammered. “Will it ment involving dogs, I was all ears (and kill him?” nose). In l996, a hunter wanted to demon“Oh, Mr. Wolfsie,” said the doctor, “they strate how his coonhounds could track a don’t even kill ants.” raccoon scent. Here’s what I did. After he And now, my television stories have come spread a scent on the ground, I followed be- to an end. Thanks to everyone for watching hind with some pepperoni. The two aromas through the years. separated after 50 yards, one going toward a tree and the other ending at a picnic table where I had deposited the tasty treat. When Dick Wolfsie is an author, we released all the dogs, the coonhounds columnist and speaker. Contact followed the coon scent and Barney parted him at wolfsie@aol.com. company with them, ending up with a nice, meaty breakfast. That was live TV, one take,

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BCHD reports decrease in county COVID-19 percent positivity rate

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com The Boone County Health Dept. has reported a decrease in the county’s percent positivity rate, according to its most recent PANDEMIC data findings.

The county’s COVID-19 twoweek percent positivity rate, which averages the percent of tests that come back positive during a two-week period, dipped by 0.28 percent the week starting Aug. 17, BCHD Emergency Services Director Tom Ryan said during the commissioners’ Aug. 24 special meeting. The average rate dropped from 7.54 to 7.26 percent during the two weeks, and Ryan said there were more days with lower case numbers compared to the prior two weeks.

The county’s last COVID-19 death was reported on July 31. The county has reported 51 total deaths since the pandemic began, according to the BCHD. Despite certain data points trending in a positive direction, Ryan advised county leaders to continue the state of emergency.

“I recommend extending (the resolution) to ensure that our positivity rate continues to decrease and that all our agencies have continued transparency from top decisions, both up and down the chain,” Ryan said.

The commissioners were scheduled to decide at their Aug. 31 meeting whether to extend the resolution for another seven days.

The county health department, in conjunction with county school districts, chose a guidance model created by the South Carolina Dept. of Health and Environmental Control to determine if and when schools should close due to COVID-19. The model tracks the county’s twoweek cumulative incidence rate (the number of new infections per 100,000 county residents); trend in incidence rate (whether cases in the county are increasing, stable or decreasing); and two-week percent positivity rate.

Under the model, the county would need to register as “high” in two of the three categories. To date, the county is high in only one category — its trend in incidence rate, meaning the number of county COVID-19 cases has increased in the past two weeks.

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DISPATCHES Blood drive at brewery — A blood drive will take place from 1 to 6 p.m. Aug. 28 in the parking lot at Bier Brewery North, 13720 0.N Meridian St. Bier Brewery is offering a $5.95 pint and complimentary appetizer deal to anyone who donates blood that day. The donor will also receive a complimentary souvenir pint glass, can koozie and sticker. Carmel-based software solutions company CuroGens is volunteering its marketing staff and resources to support and promote the event. All donors will receive a COVID-19 antibody test as part of the process. Make a reservation to donate blood at /donate.indiana.versiti.org/donor/ schedules/drive_schedule/143636.

Ginger for pain relief — Ginger has been proven to work in reducing nausea related to everything from motion sickness to chemotherapy. One of its lesser-known benefits, however, is that it also reduces inflammation. Some research also suggests that it works just as well as the migraine drug sumatriptan (Imitrex). To relieve pain, take a 1,000 mg supplement at the onset of pain.

Source: BottomLineHealth.com New migraine drug approved — Eli Lilly has developed a new migraine treatment that has been approved by the FDA. Emgalty is a monthly injection that Lilly says will be ready for commercial distribution shortly. Emgalty is meant to be a preventative treatment for the 30 million adults in the nation who suffer from migraine.

Source: Inside Edge Moving for better health — Sitting for most of the day negatively affects your health, raising your risk for diabetes, obesity, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. For better health, try to get up and do some light activity several times a day, even if you have a sedentary job. Moving around triggers blood flow, clears glucose from the blood and breaks down triglycerides.

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A business planning to open a restaurant and brewery in Lebanon was awarded a $2,500 grant during the PANDEMIC Boone County Economic Development Corp.’s Launch Night.

The corporation hosted Boone County’s Launch Night Aug. 25. Launch Night is an advocacy platform created to support local small businesses during the pandemic.

Klooz Brewz, based in Lebanon, was named winner of this year’s event. Klooz Brewz received a $2,500 reimbursable cash grant to be used for business services such as consulting, rent and website design under the condition it continues to operate in Boone County. The company plans to open a restaurant and brewery in Lebanon, according to its owner, Patrick Klooz.

Grace Truck from Zionsville, Maker Factory from Lebanon, McCormick Novelty from Advance and Zionsville Urban Farms from Zionsville also competed at Launch Night, each pitching their businesses for a chance to win the cash grant.

Attendees, both in person and virtual, also were able to vote on the Jackson Investment Group People’s Choice Award.

Grace Truck won the award, receiving a cash prize of more than $600.

The event was held in person and virtually to allow for social distancing, organizers said. Thirty-seven people attended the event in person and 21 attended virtually.

The corporation’s economic development manager, Rachel Huser, said the assembly of residents, community leaders and business owners allowed the burgeoning small

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“Boone County has 79 percent employers that employ less than nine individuals, so a large part of our ecosystem is based on small business,” Huser said. “So any opportunity where we can provide connections for them is an important area that we’d like to play in.”

“Obviously, there have been many challenges associated with COVID for small business,” said Molly Whitehead, the corporation’s executive director. “For some small businesses, we have seen that their businesses have really taken off depending on what type of product that they have. For others, it has obviously been more challenging, especially if they’re in, say, the restaurant business.”

Whitehead said many businesses have reported a lack of access to capitol during the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing them to seek creative ways to secure funding. She said events like Launch Night help local businesses find funding.

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ATI to hold Drive-In Theatre performances at shopping center lot in Carmel

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Actors Theatre of Indiana co-founders Don Farrell, Judy Fitzgerald and Cynthia Collins have been brainstormEVENTS ing ways to perform in 2020.

ATI has canceled its 202021 season, which was scheduled to begin Sept. 4, due to the restrictions with the coronavirus pandemic.

In lieu of the regular season, ATI will hold a Drive-In Theatre from 7 to 9 p.m.

Sept. 18, Oct. 23 and Nov. 27 at the Monon Square Shopping Center in Carmel.

“We’re partnering with the city and they’re lending us their fancy stage,” Farrell said.

The sponsors are United Fidelity Bank, City of Carmel and Surroundings by Natureworks+.

“It’s going to be all social distance,” Farrell said. “Everyone will be in their cars and they will be spaced out. It’s going to be like a checkerboard.”

There is a limit of six people per car.

The first performance will include the co-founders. Terry Woods will be the music director. Tim Hunt (vocals), Greg Wolff (percussion) and Greg Gegogeine (bass) also will provide support.

“Terry was our musical director all the way back when we started in 2005, so he’ll be rejoining us on keyboards,” Farrell said. “The first performance will be songs that were in soundtracks from different movies, kind of keeping with the theme of drive-in movie theaters. We’re really excited about it being a time when the community can come together but social distancing. Everyone is in the safety of their own vehicle or they can bring their chairs. They have to be in the vicinity of their vehicles.”

Masks are required outside the car.

“We’re talking about frequency through radio as well,” Farrell said.

Farrell said the stage overhang should cover the performance area if there is a light rain.

Fishers Blues Fest Nickel Plate District Amphitheater, 7 to 11 p.m. Sept. 4-5. Free.

The Eagles Project 16 Candles with Ft. Groove Smash, Federal Hill Commons Concerts. 7 p.m. Sept. 5. Free.

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From left, Actors Theatre of Indiana cofounders Judy Fitzgerald, Cynthia Collins and Don Farrell will perform three Drive-In Theatre shows, starting Sept. 18. (Submitted photo)

Farrell said ATI is working on content for the Oct. 23 performance. The Nov. 27 performance will include holiday music.

Congregating around the parking lot and stage is not permitted. VIP tickets are $120, which includes priority parking, two ATI face masks and an appetizer coupon from Donatello’s Italian Restaurant in Carmel. Tickets in the pavilion area are $100 and $60 in the lawn area. For more, visit atistage.org. ’Alabama Story’ returns virtually ATI’s production of “Alabama Story” was the first for the play in Indiana, debuting in October 2019. A virtual stream of the production will be available from Sept. 27 to Oct. 10.

The show will start on the day of Banned Books Week, which celebrates the freedom to read.

“Alabama Story” tells the true story of an Alabama state senator trying to ban a children’s book about a black rabbit and white rabbit called “The Rabbits’ Wedding” because he believes it promotes integration and interracial marriage in 1959 in

Montgomery, Ala. A no-nonsense librarian, Emily Wheelock Reed, who was an Indiana University graduate, fights the censorship.

Farrell said there will be a virtual event Sept. 27 with the cast members, playwright Kenneth Jones and director Jane Unger. Farrell played the state senator and Collins played the librarian.

“We can answer people’s questions and talk about the play,” Farrell said. “People can watch that before we launch the stream of the archive (play). It’s going to be a wonderful night celebrating a great play. We’ll have a closing Oct. 10 where we’ll bring everyone back in again virtually.”

The play was filmed by Zach Rosing and Philip Paluso of Fishers-based Medium Cool Pictures. They shot some B-roll, extra footage to enhance the production, which will be spliced in.

The cost of the stream has not yet been set. It will be uploaded to a secure server, which can be shared all around the world.

“It’s kind of like a pay per view,” Farrell said.

For more, visit atistage.org.

Civic Theatre has announced it has canceled its season opener, Roald Dahl’s “Matilda The Musical,” due to concerns related to COVID-19.

“The increase of positive cases of COVID-19 in recent weeks and the absence of rapidly available testing, or contact tracing, make it impossible for us to reasonably ensure the safety of Lasley our performers, volunteers, staff and our dedicated patrons,” Executive Artistic Director Michael J. Lasley said in a video statement.

“Matilda The Musical” was scheduled to run Oct. 2-17. It had originally been scheduled to start April 24 before being postponed due to the pandemic.

Civic plans to present the remainder of the 2020-2021 season, starting with “Elf The Musical,” in December. Lasley said he hopes that it will be an in-person production, with proper safety protocols in place. More details will follow in the coming weeks.

“Your continued support makes the future of this 105-year old institution possible,” Lasley stated.

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September 1, 2020

Current in Zionsville

www.currentzionsville.com

Welcome to Cedarwood, the newest Assisted Living Residential Apartments at Hoosier Village.

The care, amenities, and relaxed lifestyle at Hoosier Village are unmatched in the Indianapolis area, and we’re responding to demand by expanding our assisted living apartments.

We invite you to reserve your spot at the Cedarwood now so that in 2021 you’ll be enjoying maintenance-free living in one of the region’s finest communities. Cedarwood features the area’s largest assisted living apartments, as well as a wide variety of organized activities, impromptu gatherings, and much more.

Come see what all the excitement is about.

Call 317.873.3349 or visit www.hoosiervillage.com for more information.